best albums of xx12....

I always find it difficult to trim the best lps of the year down to a few highlights....so much good music keeps getting released every year.....(yeah by the way, rock n roll will never die.......)

so as is the tradition, TINY GROOVES choose it's favorite 30 lps of the year........ all are essential and highly recommended releases....... some no doubt you will be familiar with, others you might've missed.    all you need to own now........

so without further ado.....

TINY GROOVES' BEST ALBUMS OF XX12......

1.    Ty Segall - Twins (Drag City)
2.    Chrome Cranks - Ain't No Lie In Blood (Bang!)
3.    Disappears - Pre Language (Kranky)
4.    Terry Malts - Killing Time (Slumberland)
5.    Cheap Time - Wallpaper Music (In The Red)
6.    Tyvek - On Triple Beams (In The Red)
7.    Slug Guts - Playin' In Time With The Deadbeat (Sacred Bones)
8.    Running - Asshole Savant (Captcha)
9.    Obnox - Rojo (Permanent)
10.  Puffy Areolas - 1982: Dishonorable Discharge (Hozac)

11.  The Oh Sees - Putrifiers II (In The Red)
12.  Spacin - Deep Thuds (Richie)
13.  Mmoss - Only Children (Trouble In Mind)
14.  The Legs - Aaaa The New Memphis Legs (Goner)
15.  Guilty Pleasures - Summer Strange (Dusty Medical)
16.  Ty Segall / White Fence - Hair (Drag City)
17.  Mallard - Yes On Blood (Castle Face)
18.  Ty Segall Band - Slaughterhouse (In The Red)
19.  Mind Spiders - Meltdown (Dirtnap)
20.  Glow Kit - S/T (P Trash / FDH)

21.  Ono - Albino (Moniker)
22.  Useless Eaters - C'est Bon! (Southpaw)
23.  Intelligence - Everyone's Got It Easy But Me (In The Red)
24.  White Fence - Family Perfume Vol. 1 & 2 (Woodsist)
25.  Paint Fumes - Uck Life (Slovenly)
26.  Woollen Kits - Four Girls (Trouble In Mind)
27.  Cosmonauts - If You Wanna Die Then I Wanna Die (Burger)
28.  Hellshovel - Hated By The Sun (Slovenly)
29.  Mean Jeans - On Mars (Dirtnap)
30.  Vincas - Blood Bleeds (Douchemaster)